Pythia (431 BC)

The Pythia was the high priestess of Apollo and the Oracle of Delphi during the mid-5th century BC.

Biography
The Pythia was born in Delphi, and she became a priestess at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi before becoming the Oracle (Pythia). She lived at the Chora of Delphi, the most expensive home in the city, and she came to the Temple to deliver prophecies to pilgrims. However, the Cult of Kosmos took over the city, and they manipulated the Pythia, paying her very well to tell people Cult-produced prophecies regarding war and politics, and telling people what they wanted to hear when it came to love or death. In 431 BC, she was visited at her temple by the Spartan mercenary Kassandra, who was in search of her mother. The Pythia, instead of answering this question, remembered Kassandra as the "Child of the Mountain" from one of her visions, and she warned her that the Cult of Kosmos was going to kill her. The Pythia was then escorted back to the Chora by some guards, while Kassandra was reluctantly forced to leave. Kassandra later killed the guards at the Chora and entered the house, where she interrogated the Pythia. The Pythia revealed the Cult's control over her, and she also revealed that a pyramid artifact under the Temple of Apollo revealed what only the gods should know, and that the Cult had been making use of it to discover prophecies. Later, the Cult discovered the bodies of the guards at the Pythia's home and interrogated her, threatening to harm her unless she told them whom she had talked to.